RE: Sign Language Definition

Interesting.  Yes - sign language interpretation could (and really is) more
than just sign version of spoken words.    

 

Also if I move things around a bit I think we can lose the semicolons

 

That gives us

 

sign language interpretation 

translation of spoken words and other audible information into a language
that uses a simultaneous combination of handshapes, facial expressions, and
orientation and movement of the hands, arms or body to convey meaning.

 

 

 

 


Gregg

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Professor - Ind. Engr. & BioMed Engr.
Director - Trace R & D Center 
University of Wisconsin-Madison 

 

 


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From: w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org] On Behalf
Of Andrew Kirkpatrick
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 7:56 AM
To: Gregg Vanderheiden; w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Subject: RE: Sign Language Definition

How about "translation of spoken language and other audible information..."?
Signing a movie would have the same demands for including non-spoken
information as captioning does.

AWK

sign language interpretation 

translation of spoken words into a language that uses a simultaneous
combination of handshapes; orientation and movement of the hands, arms or
body; and facial expressions to convey meaning.

 

 


Gregg

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